How To Install bspwm on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bspwm on Debian 12.
What is bspwm
bspwm is:
Bspwm is a tiling window manager that represents windows as the leaves of a full binary tree.
There are three methods to install bspwm on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install bspwm Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install bspwm using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bspwm
Install bspwm Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bspwm using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bspwm
Install bspwm Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install bspwm using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bspwm
How To Uninstall bspwm on Debian 12
To uninstall only the bspwm package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bspwm
Uninstall bspwm And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bspwm and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bspwm
Remove bspwm Configurations and Data
To remove bspwm configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bspwm
Remove bspwm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bspwm configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bspwm
Dependencies
bspwm have the following dependencies:
- libc6
- libxcb-ewmh2
- libxcb-icccm4
- libxcb-keysyms1
- libxcb-randr0
- libxcb-shape0
- libxcb-util1
- libxcb-xinerama0
- libxcb1
- x11-utils
- sxhkd
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bspwm package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.